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    Dr. Saturday

    Joe Paterno’s death inspires donation from young cancer survivor

    By Graham Watson | Dr. Saturday – Tue, Jan 31, 2012 3:17 PM EST

    While several people have done their best to remember and honor former Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who passed away Jan. 22 after a short battle with lung cancer, one young man has decided to honor Paterno by embodying the same philanthropic spirit that made Paterno the most beloved man on the Penn State campus.

    Dylan Moser, a 12-year-old, who is currently in remission after first being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia before his third birthday, decided to donate all of the money he received for his 12th birthday to THON, a Penn State student-run dance marathon that raises funds and awareness to help fight pediatric cancer.

    buffett.jpg"JoePa was a really good guy and he really wanted to give money to help others so I thought I would just give my money away to do my part," Moser told The Daily Collegian.

    Moser gave $95 to his mother, and his 16-year-old sister, Natasha, also chipped in, and the Moser children donated $185 to THON.

    So, why THON? Because it helped provide emotional and financial assistance to the Moser Family while Moser was fighting cancer. Moser has participated in THON eight times and when THON weekend comes Feb. 17-19, he'll be in the talent show.

    THON has always held a special place for the Paterno family. Paterno spoke at THON in 2009 (see video above) and told the group that he'd been at Penn State 58 years and had, "never been more proud than right now."

    Paterno's son, Scott, tweeted Saturday that he had had dinner with a THON beneficiary and noted that the students participating in the event were living out Paterno's mantra of "Make an impact."

    Moser told The Daily Collegian his favorite part of THON is at the end when the sum of all of the donations are revealed and this year it will hold a special place in his heart because of his pledge on behalf of Paterno.

    "It shows the true Penn State," Moser said. "It shows that we really do care about kids with cancer."

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    12 comments

    • Giggles
      Giggles  •  Brick, New Jersey  •  3 months ago
      You're totally classless
    • Sean
      Sean  •  State College, Pennsylvania  •  3 months ago
      God Bless Joe Paterno!
    • ZZ TOPPER
      ZZ TOPPER  •  Jacksonville, Arkansas  •  3 months ago
      Excellent news snippet... Too bad more people don't see the light that really shined inside Joe Pa and all he did for people; not just his students and players... There will always be those who live in the drama of what they can create to try and take down other good people who, they will never be able to match deeds with in their lives, much less, surpass in good deeds... Joe had absolutely nothing to do with the sadness that one of his lifelong friends and associates did, yet forever there will be those who's own sad lives will make them try to denigrate a man who helped so many people in his time on earth...
    • CAVSHOUSE
      CAVSHOUSE  •  Marietta, Georgia  •  3 months ago
      anybody have any tissue so i can wipe my #$%$
    • Dr. Detroit
      Dr. Detroit  •  3 months ago
      I am tired about reading articles of "12 year old boys" and "Paterno" in the same paragraph. Maybe "Ped-O-Bear" can make an appearance at the hospital like, like at their last bowl game.
    • Dave N
      Dave N  •  Webster, New York  •  3 months ago
      let see her a story on a kid who is in cancer remission, and there are people still out there that actually state that Joe broke a law and even more "raped young children". For as little respect and common sense as you have had in the past posters, you have reached a new low not only with the lack of facts, but with the lack of respect for those that are moving to the process of healing... I hope that I am never promoted to god cause all you dwellers on the past have 20 fold more issues in your closets....
    • Seany P
      Seany P  •  3 months ago
      [Insert joke about Jerry Sandusky and little boys here]
      [Insert "feelings" on JoPa's involvement]
      Yay! Yahoo comment complete I feel so intelligent and witty now! My day is fulfilled! **sarcasm towards all Yahoo commentators**
    • Mike
      Mike  •  Elmhurst, Illinois  •  3 months ago
      no, the lion suit is too rape prohibitive, he prefers the birthday suit.
    • CAVSHOUSE
      CAVSHOUSE  •  Marietta, Georgia  •  3 months ago
      joes death inspires me to take a #$%$
    • hunter
      hunter  •  Casper, Wyoming  •  3 months ago
      he still is as guilty of raping those boys as that butthead-why would he not tell on his rapist buddy?huh???-i just cannot understand coaches or the students--what do they do-bring their children to have them raped on campus also?
      • Charlie
        Charlie 3 months ago
        I guess you missed the whole thing about him telling the AD about it huh? Maybe missed the DA involved saying that Paterno had met his legal obligation. That just slipped past you hmmmm? I hear a lot of people yelling that he should've done more, and hey to be fair in a way I do too. The funny thing is, most people base that on a huge misunderstanding of basic facts. So tell me, what would you have had him do?
    • A LG
      A LG  •  3 months ago
      Penn State is in its own little bubble of a world......where football matters more than the souls of the children that were raped ...Love him or not Joe Pa was responsible...if that were his grandson being 'sanduskied' ...it would have been a different reaction on his part...
    • Colin Oscopy
      Colin Oscopy  •  3 months ago
      Wonder if that's Sandusky in the lion suit.
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